You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 55 The wool comes from the sheep

"Cheap?" Fatty G was a little surprised.

"Yes, it's cheap." Qin Shaoyan raised two fingers, "Most games will not cost more than 20 US dollars."

"I bought it!" Fatty G opened his eyes wide, a little unbelievable, "You won't fool me with inferior games, will you?"

"Of course not, that will only ruin our reputation. I am a serious game developer." Qin Shaoyan said righteously, "I am not one of those businessmen who make bad games to deceive players."

"Besides, we have to review the games before they are put on the shelves to fundamentally eliminate shoddy games."

"A good and cheap game?" Fatty G frowned, still hesitant.

"China's biggest advantage in game development is its low cost. This is the fundamental reason why games are cheap." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Our development costs are only half of those in North America, or even less."

In fact, Qin Shaoyan went a step further. For the same game, the development cost in China at this time was only one-tenth of that in North America.

In the final analysis, it is because of poverty and low labor costs.

Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "As long as you are willing to cooperate, I have hundreds of game development teams on standby at any time. We can also carry out customized development specifically for the North American game market."

"Gabre, no one has an advantage over you now. As long as a large number of high-quality and low-priced games are added to the Steam game library, there will soon be a scale effect."

Fatty G nodded, "Wow, indeed."

"Let's do another calculation. A game sells for US$60, of which US$15 has to be distributed to the retailer, US$4 is for logistics and packaging, US$7 is used as a commission for the platform, and the publisher has to take away US$27. We How much will the developer get in the end?" Qin Shaoyan made a gesture, "Only seven dollars."

"If we switch to online, we can save retailers, publishers and logistics packaging costs."

"The $60 is only divided between you and the developer. Even if the price is reduced by half, the developer is willing to share the money with you, not with those vampires."

Money moves people's hearts.

Fatty G immediately figured out that the benefits contained here were too great.

And there are game developers willing to provide him with the opportunity to try and make mistakes.

Fatty G stood up with excitement on his face, "John, this plan is great, I have no reason to refuse."

Qin Shaoyan stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "History will prove that you made a great choice today."

"The same goes for you!" Fatty G held Qin Shaoyan's hand tightly, "I wish our cooperation goes smoothly."

Qin Shaoyan smiled, then his smile faded and his face became very serious, "Gabre, now we should talk about business."

"Huh?" Gabriel looked confused.

"Gabre, you are in trouble!" Qin Shaoyan said with a serious look on his face.

Why did the topic come back again?
Fatty G was completely confused, and he doubted whether his ears had heard it wrong, "Didn't we talk about it just now?"

"What we just talked about was the troubles you and I share." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "what we want to talk about now is your own troubles."

"My trouble?" Fatty G wanted to ask, what's my trouble?

"Regarding the issue of the leakage of the Half-Life 2 source code." Qin Shaoyan said, "Does this incident have an impact on the development of Half-Life 2? How much impact will it have? Is it going to delay the project?"

Fatty G's face darkened when he heard this. The leak of the Half-Life 2 source code made him very angry. It was the worst incident in his life.

If Qin Shaoyan hadn't sent an email to remind him, the hacker could have stolen all the source code. "We are still assessing the damage." Fatty G said angrily, "That guy almost ruined the entire game. It is currently confirmed that we leaked the resources and part of the source code of at least two maps."

"It will take two to three months to re-produce it." G Fat was desperate, "We definitely can't release it according to the previous time."

"The players will definitely be very angry." Qin Shaoyan also sighed, "We should think about how to calm the anger of these players, give them some compensation, and let them calm down and wait patiently for the completion of Half-Life 2."

Fatty G frowned, "Compensation? This..."

"Yes, it's about compensation, and at the same time, we need to gain popularity for Steam itself." Qin Shaoyan said, "First, announce to the outside world that the game had to be delayed due to hacker damage."

"At the same time, we announced that we will order a batch of Half-Life peripheral T-shirts. In order to express our apology to the players, we will provide them to players for free."

"As long as you click to pre-order the Half-Life 2 game on the steam platform, you can get this benefit."

"Free?!" Fatty G was shocked and shook his head quickly, "That would require a lot of money, and we don't have that much."

Qin Shaoyan smiled, "Gabour, the free thing I said is just a bit of business skills, not really free."

"You just need to raise the price of the game a little to cover the cost of the T-shirts."

"The T-shirts are very expensive." Fatty G shook his head, "How can players not notice that the price has increased so much?"

"You are wrong, Gabor." Qin Shaoyan shook his finger, "The cost of T-shirts is not high. The retail price of a T-shirt is 14-20 US dollars, but the wholesale price of retailers is seven to eight US dollars."

"In this case?" Fatty G thought for a while and gritted his teeth and said, "Then we can customize a batch, but the quantity cannot be too large."

"Gabre." Qin Shaoyan looked at Fatty G with a smile, "The wholesale price is seven to eight dollars, but the cost is not."

"Huh?" Fatty G looked at Qin Shaoyan in surprise and anticipation, "John, you have channels to get cheap T-shirts."

"It's just a phone call." Qin Shaoyan took out his mobile phone, found a number and dialed it, "Mr. Wang, hey, are you asleep?!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm in the United States now, forget about the time difference."

Wang Dalin was very surprised when he received the call. Chief Qin was so powerful that he ran to the United States.

Ok?
Didn't he make a mistake and abscond abroad?
Wang Dalin's heart tightened, and he cautiously asked: "Chief Qin?! What happened? Don't worry, if the Discipline Inspection Commission comes to ask, I won't say anything."

Qin Shaoyan's face darkened, can't you just hope for me?
"Mr. Wang, I'm here on a business trip to the United States. What are you talking about?"

"Oh, it's a business trip. It's a good trip." Wang Dalin breathed a sigh of relief, "What are your orders?"

"How much does it cost to manufacture a T-shirt overseas?" Qin Shaoyan added, "How many US dollars am I talking about?"

"Well." Wang Dalin thought for a while, "The price quoted by overseas customers is one dollar a piece. Chief Qin, why do you ask this?"

Damn, it’s only a dollar.

Qin Shaoyan was speechless and looked up at Fatty G, and asked tentatively: "How about three dollars a piece?"

G became excited as soon as he became fat, "Give me one hundred thousand pieces."

Qin Shaoyan immediately said to Wang Dalin: "I'm negotiating for you for three dollars a piece, a total of 100,000 pieces. Give me your company account."

"Ah?!" Wang Dalin was stunned.

(End of this chapter)